Demand Planner

About the role

We are hiring for an exciting role that forms a key part of our Supply Chain Team. Reporting into the Supply Chain Coordinator, you will work closely with a variety of internal and external stakeholders to deliver a robust short-term demand forecast to our planning team. You will also have a leading role in our S&OP process, helping to generate accurate projections that inform the business’ long-term planning and strategic goals.

Responsibilities

• Generation and ownership of short and long-term demand forecasts – using historical data, seasonal trends, and sales intelligence – to deliver an accurate plan

• Delivery of a highly detailed short-term horizon forecast for production scheduling, updated daily

• Preparation of fact-based analysis of forecast performance and month-on-month changes, for weekly and monthly reviews

• Work collaboratively with Commercial and Retail colleagues, as per the S&OP process, to align the company on a single sales forecast over a rolling 18-month horizon

• Utilise your analysis of trends, sales cycles, and market analysis to provide key demand input into the new product development, sign off and launch process

• Liaise with our largest customers to drive a collaborative forecasting approach to smooth out unnecessary demand fluctuations

• Management of promotions, range changes, case size changes, and other projects

• Provide cover and assistance for other Supply Chain roles and projects

• Primarily based out of our production site in Brentry, you will also make regular trips to our Head office in Old Market, Bristol where our Commercial and Marketing teams are based

About you

• A high degree of competency with Microsoft Excel. Experience with Power BI is also advantageous.

• A demonstrable track record of Demand Planning (ideally in FMCG) and a firm understanding of the S&OP process.

• Comfortable with managing various internal and external stakeholders across multiple business functions. This includes being a key point of contact with your supply chain counterparts at the supermarkets, with an emphasis on building and developing relationships to ensure effective collaboration.

• Confidence to challenge customer forecasts, with the ability to clearly and transparently communicate the outcomes of your analysis.

• Excellent analytical and reasoning abilities. You will be numbers driven with a passion for data analytics and pulling signal from the noise using a facts-based approach.

• Wider end-to-end Supply Chain experience allows you to understand the importance of forecast accuracy and the adverse implications to wider business operations if this isn’t consistently achieved.

We do not expect candidates to meet all the above requirements, if you feel that you meet some of these and are interested in the role, please apply.

What we offer

• Salary £38,000 - £41,000 dependent on experience, with up to 12.5% of annual salary in bonuses

• Quarterly Performance Bonus – 7.5% of annual salary

• Company Long Term Incentive Bonus (up to 5% of salary)

• Be part of a business with purpose - a B Corp and Real Living Wage employer committed to doing the right thing for people, communities and the planet

• Invest in your future with company pension contributions

• Enjoy 29 days of annual leave (including bank holidays), plus an extra day for every year of service up to four additional days

• Work-life balance: purchase up to 10 additional days of holiday a year

• Access confidential wellbeing support through our Employee Assistance Programme, including counselling services

• Make a difference with one paid volunteering day each year

• Feed your pie passion with all the pies you can eat at cost price

• Celebrate life's big moments with up to £500 of pie and mash towards your wedding day

• Travel sustainably through our Cycle to Work scheme

• Tuck into staff discounts in our restaurants, plus enjoy lunch on us every week for Pie-day Friday

• Grow your career with ongoing learning, development and progression opportunities in the wonderful world of pie

• Flexible working options available

About Pieminister

From a small pie kitchen, café and festival stall in 2004, Pieminister has grown into the UK’s No 1 premium hot pie brand. An independent family business with its foundations firmly rooted in sustainability, Pieminister is a B Corp and aims to be Net Zero by 2040: just one of the commitments laid out in the company’s Pies Planet People commitments.

With a number of Pie & Mash restaurants across the UK and 100s of retailers and pubs stocking their award-winning products, Pieminister has gained a reputation as the go-to pie for those in the know.

The company is led by its original founders, brothers-in-law Jon and Tris. Their Pie Crew is a strong team of enthusiastic, entrepreneurial people who work hard and have fun. Everyone is included, respected and is committed to drive positive change together, one pie at a time!

As part of our Pies Planet People commitments, Pieminister strives to create a supportive and inclusive culture, where everyone feels valued for what they do and enjoys doing it! As an equal opportunities employer we want our workplace to be somewhere everyone knows they are truly welcome